BOWL GAMES

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bowling Green has accepted an invitation to play San Jose State in the Military Bowl.

Officials announced Sunday that the Falcons from the Mid-American Conference will face the Spartans in the game at RFK Stadium in the nation's capital on Dec. 27.

Bowling Green went 8-4 in the regular season and is one of a MAC-record seven teams from the conference who are bowl-bound.

San Jose State of the Western Athletic Conference accepted its bid Friday. The Spartans are 10-2 and entered the AP Top 25 Sunday at No. 24.

Arizona State to face Navy in Fight Hunger Bowl

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Arizona State has been picked as the opponent for Navy in the Fight Hunger Bowl.

The Midshipmen (7-4) locked up a bid to the Dec. 29 game in San Francisco earlier this year, and bowl officials selected the Sun Devils (7-5) as the Pac-12 participant on Sunday.

Oregon, K-State to meet in Fiesta Bowl SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Fiesta Bowl will be in the rotation when a playoff system replaces the BCS.

The 2013 game might provide a glimpse of what a playoff in the desert might look like.

Oregon and Kansas State, teams still in the national-title picture just two weeks ago, will meet at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale on Jan. 3, giving the Fiesta Bowl a second straight marquee matchup of teams in the top 5 of the BCS standings.

The Ducks (11-1), with Heisman Trophy contender Kenjon Barner and all those fleet-footed players against the gritty Wildcats (11-1) and their own Heisman-worthy quarterback, Collin Klein.

Georgia Tech back to Sun Bowl to face USC Georgia Tech is heading back to the Sun Bowl for the second straight year and will face underachieving Southern California.

The Yellow Jackets, who got a waiver from the NCAA to play in the postseason despite having a 6-7 record following a loss in the ACC championship game, will play in a bowl game for the 16th straight season. That's the fourth-longest streak in the nation.

Northern Illinois to the Orange Bowl MIAMI (AP) — Northern Illinois has busted the BCS, and is heading to the Orange Bowl.

The Mid-American champions (12-1) finished 15th in the final Bowl Championship Series standings. Finishing in the top 16 and ahead of a qualifying conference champion meant the Huskies were automatically BCS-bound, and they'll play Atlantic Coast Conference champion Florida State (11-2) on Jan. 1 in Miami.

Despite finishing behind Georgia in the Southeastern Conference East Division, Florida (11-1, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) was a likely candidate for the Sugar Bowl because the winner of Saturday's SEC title game, Alabama, is headed to the BCS championship, while Georgia, which beat Florida and won the SEC East, was left with two losses and a lower BCS ranking than the one-loss Gators.

Louisville (10-2, 5-2 Big East) finished in a tie for Big East championship but earned its invitation to a BCS bowl thanks to having the highest BCS ranking of any team in the league. The Cardinals opened the season 9-0 before falling to Syracuse and Connecticut, but then beat Rutgers to lock up their league's BCS bid.